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(No Model.)

W. G. GROSS.

NEGKTIE. V Y No. 288,561. Patented Nov. 13 1883.

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' Affomey 1iji UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM cl CROSS, OF BosToN,-'MAssAcHUsETrs.

NECKTIE SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,561, dated November 1 Application filed October 6, 1883. (No modele T azz whom, it may concern:

Be it knownothat 1, WILLIAM G. Gnoss, of

sustained and held by means of a loop which catches upon the collar-button. Loops of elastic cord have long been in use for th is purpose; but theyare objectionable in many respects. WVhen fresh, their retractile force is such that they draw up the necktie too forcibly and frequently cause the collar, if it be separate from the shirt, to rise. Moreover, the elasticity of the loops soon becomes impaired,so thatthey areincapable of holding the tie or scarf properly up in place. It is my object to furnish a durable, readilyapplied, and effective substitute for the clasticloop, one which, like the latter, can be extended, so, as to conveniently passaround the collar-button, and which then can be contracted so as to draw up and hold securely the neck tie or scarf in its proper place. This result I attain by means of instrumentalities which can best beexplained and understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view from the rear side of a neck tie or scarf embodying my invention in its preferred form. Fig. 2 is a plan of the metal cord-holder detached.

The tie or scarf is of any ordinary or suitable construction. The loop for attaching it to the collar-button is applied, as usual, to the rear face of the necktie-shield A, and consists of a cord, a, held at one of its ends, as m, (either movably or immovably,) to the necktie, with its other end, y, passing through what may be termed an eye, b, The cord can, by pulling with some force 011 it from above or below the eye, be drawn up or down therethrough,

so as to enlarge or contract the loopto the desired extent. At the same time the eye clasps the cord so tightly that it will remain at any point therein to which it may be drawn. By

the term eye I intend a clasp of metal or some hard material, through which or between whose faces the cord can pass, the frictional contact between the two being such that the cord cannot be moved therein unless with considerable force.

I have before remarked that the other end, at, of the loop is held either movably or immovably to the scarf or necktie. I prefer that it shall, like the end be held thereto movably; and to this end I connect it to the necktie by an eye, a, in precisely the same way that end y is connected thereto by its eye I). The advantage of this isthat both ends of the cord can be pulled down at once when the loop is shortened in the act of drawing up the neck tie in'place, and in likemannenwhen the neck pulled tie is pulled down by the hand, in order to dis engage it from the neck, both ends of the cord travel up an equal distance in their respective eyes; "and I thus avoid pulling the cord length= wise overthe shank of the button, as would be the case were one of its ends only drawn upon. In Fig. l the loop is represented by full lines in its contracted position and by dotted lines in its extended position. The collar-button is indicated by dotted lines at s.

The eyes are carried by a plate, B, which is secured in any proper manner to the tie. I prefer to form them from one piece of sheet metal, which is also provided with prongs d, for attaching the device to the tie. The device thus constructed and termed by me the holder is represented plainly in Fig. 2.

Any suit-able cord or the like can be used, whether elastic or inelastic. I much prefer, however, that it should be inelastic, and it is this kind of cord that I in practice use. I

I remark also that while I have described in illustration of my invention a holder which is well adapted for the purpose I have in view, the construction of the same can be varied con-' siderably without departure from my invention, the characteristic of which, as will be seen from the foregoing specification, resides in the combination, with a scarf or necktie, of a collar-button loop adapted to be lengthened or shortened at will, and a holding device which retains said loop in any position to which it may be adjusted.

What I claim as new and of my invention is- 1. The combination, with aneek tie or scarf, the neck tie or scarf and the cord a, substan- I0 of a collar-button-loop adapted to be lengthtially'as hereinbefore set forth. ened or shortened, at will by a sliding I110V6- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ment of the cord of which it is composed, and my hand this Ath day of October, 1883. a holder which maintains said loop in its adjusted position, as and for the purposes here- VILLIAM R inbefore set forth.

2. The sheet-metal holder consisting of plate B, eyes I) c, and prong d, in combination with THOMAS COLLINS,

i Witnesses: I C. J. BRooKs. 

